THE PRINCIPLE OF BICAMERALISM REFLECTED IN THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ROMANIA
THE PRINCIPLE OF BICAMERALISM REFLECTED IN THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to highlight the practice of the Constitutional Court regarding the principle of bicameralism,a principle enshrined in Article 61 paragraph 2 of the Romanian Constitution. This principle was recentlyinvoked by the Constitutional Court when it declared the Romanian Administrative Code unconstitutionalas a whole. The bicameral structure of the Parliament has implications not only on the organization but alsoon the way the country’s legislative authority works. The law, as a normative legal act [1], the result of thewill of the legislative power, must be adopted in compliance with the constitutional, legal and regulatoryconditions of the legal technique and procedure. Under these conditions, the principle of bicameralism isincluded, a principle whose content has been outlined by numerous decisions of the Constitutional Court.

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